Sale gets his first win of the season as the Braves crush the Diamondbacks 8-2.

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale won for the first time this season and the Atlanta Braves beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Friday night.

Austin Riley and Eli White each drove in two runs for the Braves, who have won six of their last seven games. It was the Braves' first win against an NL West team this season after starting the season 0-7 in San Diego and Los Angeles.

Sale (1-2) threw 104 pitches over five innings but worked his way out of trouble, allowing just one run. The 2024 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed five hits, two walks, and four strikeouts, lowering his ERA from 6.17 to 5.40.

Gallen (1-4) pitched five innings for the Diamondbacks, allowing three runs and five hits. He threw 103 pitches. Atlanta scored three times against Yilber Díaz in the eighth with Ozzie Albies, White and Riley driving in runs.

For the Braves, Dominican Marcell Ozuna went 0-for-4.

For the Diamondbacks, Dominican Geraldo Perdomo went 1-for-3. Venezuelans Eugenio Suárez went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, Gabriel Moreno went 1-for-4 with one RBI, Jorge Barrosa went 1-for-4 with one RBI, and Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 1-for-4.

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This story was translated from English by an AP editor using a generative artificial intelligence tool.